Fasting and the Discipline of It

We are going to look at the different kinds of fasts but being that today is Sunday let me mention a bit more on discipline - especially "spiritual" discipline. This is a complete denial of self. It is a time of denying yourself food and also a time of drawing closer to the Lord by giving yourself to a time of prayer. We are to discipline ourselves in many ways but our flesh cries out for having its own way. Discipline is when we know better than to allow our flesh to rule and do what is right anyway - whether or flesh agrees or not. This is buffeting our body as Paul mentions in the Bible. It is not going to a buffet line! Buffeting here means we are to take control of or discipline our body to do what it's supposed to do and not what it wants. Fasting for the Lord and for our body's health brings it, our flesh, our body, under our control. First by our communication with the Lord and hearing from Him and second by taking the power from Him to make our body submissive to what He says! As we fast and do this our bodies become healthier in the physical realm as well as our spirits being healthy unto the Lord.

Here's to your health!